Japan: Hakenmura, the Temp Workers Village

Global Voices Online » Japan: Hakenmura, the Temp Workers Village: "Over 300 people spent their nights between New Year`s Eve and the 5th of January in a tent camp stationed at Hibiya Park in central Tôkyô, referred to as 年越し派遣村 (toshikoshi hakenmura, or lit. “New Year's Village for Temporary Workers”)"